Rural Development and the Construction of New Markets

ISBN-13: 9780367869298 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 212 str.

Paul Hebinck; Sergio Schneider; Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg

Opis

This book focuses on empirical experiences related to market development, and specifically new markets with structurally different characteristics than mainstream markets. Europe, Brazil, China and the rather robust and complex African experiences are covered to provide a rich multidisciplinary and multi-level analysis of the dynamics of newly e

Recenzje

Este libro, publicado originalmente en inglés, rescata interesantes experiencias relacionadas a la construcción de mercados de alimentos con lógicas diferentes al capitalismo. El propósito es reflexionar sobre su aporte a un modelo de desarrollo rural que permita mejorar la calidad de vida de los agricultores familiares. [...] En suma, se trata de un texto de una enorme riqueza empírica y teórica. Desde donde no solamente se pueden extraer dimensiones heurísticas sumamente útiles, sino que también se pueden inferir recomendaciones de políticas públicas que puedan apoyar los procesos de desarrollo rural y alentar la consolidación y expansión de estos mercados protegidos. — Cristian Emanuel Jara, CONICET-UNSE in Población & Sociedad, Vol. 24 (2), 2017.

Spis treści

1. The construction of new, nested markets and the role of development policies 2. Newly emerging, nested markets: a theoretical introduction 3. The construction of nested markets 4. Family farming, institutional markets and innovations in public policy 5. Self-labelling, certification and alternative marketing networks 6. Rural tourism in China and the construction of new markets 7. Multi-level rural governance performances and the unfolding of nested rural markets in Europe 8. Smallholder irrigators and fresh produce street traders in Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province, South Africa 9. Beyond land transfers: the dynamics of socially driven markets emerging from Zimbabwe’s Fast Track Land Reform Programme 10. In the shadow of global markets 11. Reconsidering the contribution of nested markets to rural development

O autorze

Paul Hebinck is Associate Professor Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Adjunct Professor University of Forth Hare, Faculty of Agriculture and Science, Alice, South Africa.

Jan Douwe van der Ploeg is Professor of Transition Studies at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and Adjunct Professor of Rural Sociology at China Agricultural University in Beijing, China.

Sergio Schneider is Professor of Rural Sociology and Development Studies at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.